Surkotada
A small fortified Harappan site in Kutch, and the earliest horse bones anybody has argued about.
- Where
- Kutch, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 23.6304, 70.8407
Get the Surkotada stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Surkotada. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Surkotada
Little Rann of Kutch 53 km
The only home of the Indian wild ass, on salt flats that flood each monsoon and bake solid by March.
Dholavira 70 km
A Harappan city with the world's oldest signboard.
Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary 87 km
Nearly five thousand square kilometres of the Little Rann of Kutch, kept for the wild ass.
Banni Grasslands 107 km
The largest grassland in Asia, grazed by Maldhari herders and their buffalo for at least five centuries.
Kalo Dungar 110 km
The highest point in Kutch at four hundred and sixty metres, looking north over salt that runs to Pakistan.
Khavda 117 km
The last village before the salt, known for rogan art painted with a stylus and for its mud mirror work.
Bhujodi Weavers Village 119 km
Two hundred weaving families working wool and cotton on pit looms outside Bhuj, a trade six centuries old.
Great Rann of Kutch 124 km
A salt marsh the size of a small country, under water in monsoon and white and cracked for the rest of the year.
More national monuments in Gujarat
Questions
Where is Surkotada?
Surkotada is in Kutch, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Little Rann of Kutch (53 km), Dholavira (70 km), Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary (87 km).
How do I get the Surkotada stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Surkotada and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gujarat volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Surkotada before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gujarat volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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